Printing the texts in table format in Java

In this tutorial, we are learning how to print the texts in table format in the console in Java. By using the String.format function and printf we can print the content in a format.

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Formatting the output using String.format function

public class PrintingInTableFormat {
  public static void main(String args[]){    
    Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter employee id,name and salary");
    while(sc.hasNext())
    {
      int id=sc.nextInt();
      String name=sc.next();
      int salary=sc.nextInt();
      String s=String.format("%d%15s%6d",id,name,salary);
      System.out.println(s);
    }
    }
  }

The output looks like this:

Enter employee id,name and salary
131 sathwik 50000 168 siddharath 59000 199 karthik 6000
131       sathwik  50000
168    siddharath  59000
199       karthik   6000

Using System.out.printf for formatting

printf has two parameters.

public PrintStream printf(String format,Object args)

• format is for formatting the string
• args is used for specifying the number of arguments

The format specifiers are same as String.format.

Formatting the output using printf

public class abcde {
  public static void main(String args[]){    
    Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter employee id,name and salary");
    
    while(sc.hasNext())
    {
      int id=sc.nextInt();
      String name=sc.next();
      int salary=sc.nextInt();
      System.out.printf("%d%15s%6d\n",id,name,salary);
    }
  }
}  

The output looks like this:

Enter employee id,name and salary
131 sathwik 50000 168 siddharath 59000 199 karthik 6000
131        sathwik   50000
168     siddharath   59000
199        karthik    6000